HME Business: Management Solutions, Technology, and Products -- HME Business

Manual CRT Protections Move to Senate

House passes Medicaid bill containing provisions to protect funding for manual CRT accessories; Senate now working to consider bill under unanimous consent. 12/13/2018
Report: O2 Care Hurting and Bidding Could Be the Cause

A report from the American Thoracic Society calls for further analysis into relation between competitive bidding and problems with oxygen patients’ care. 12/13/2018
2019 Medicare Fee Schedule Adjusted for Inflation

Increases range between 2.3%-2.5%, marking highest inflation-related upticks since CMS first implemented competitive bidding. 12/13/2018

H.R. 3730 Provisions Added to Lame Duck Medicaid Bill

The effort to protect accessories for manual CRT chairs sees a nail-biting legislative effort at the end of the 115th Congress. 12/10/2018
Bonafide Integrates with Allegiance Group

HME software company Bonafide Management Systems has fully integrated with the patient billing and collection service. 12/06/2018
VGM Rebrands, Expands Woundcare Division

Revised program offers resources and education to help HME providers diversify into wound care, expand existing wound care services. 12/06/2018
Harmar Mobility Acquires Pride Mobility’s Lifts and Ramps Division

The acquisition will let Pride focus on its scooter and chair lines while allowing Hamar to bolster its vehicle lifts. 12/06/2018
ResMed Acquires Propeller Health for $225M

Acquisition of cloud-connected healthcare company will give ResMed technology for remotely monitoring COPD and asthma patients’ medication use. 12/06/2018

Product Profile

Pocket-Sized Therapy

Thanks to an innovative technological approach, the FLYP portable nebulizer offers therapy in a small form factor. 12/06/2018
Showcasing DME's Retail Superstars

Several DME product categories are almost guaranteed sellers. What are the best ways to stock them so that you maximize their revenue potential? 12/01/2018
Business Solutions

Oxygen Out of the Box

Oxygen products and services are a key segment for HME, but not all of its users are Medicare beneficiaries. What are the new non-Medicare markets? What are the new oxygen business models that are being developed to serve those markets? Who are the patients? How can providers find a way in? 12/01/2018
Products & Technology

Constant Evolution

The software systems that providers use continue to respond to industry changes. They add new capabilities in order to help providers tackle new trends, challenges and opportunities. We survey the latest developments from a variety of software companies to see how their products are evolving to help providers. 12/01/2018
Products & Technology

Blue Ribbon HME

Our fifth annual HMEB New Product Awards competition has yielded some solid winners. After careful review from our panel of HME provider judges, we have announced 12 winning products across multiple categories. Learn more about the winning offerings, and how these products can benefit your business and your patients. 12/01/2018